Strap or buckle fastening



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vSTRAP 0R BUCKLE FASTBNIG.

No. 288,358. Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

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STRAP OR BUCKLE FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,259, dated November 13, 1883.

.Application filed July 24, i883. (No model.)

To all whom, it 11210;; concern:

Beit known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, Bracken county, Kentucky, have invented eertain Improvements in Strap or Buckle Loops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a means for securing the buckle and loop of a strap-loop to the baekstay or curtain of a carriage, or to other like parts. Such devices usually comprise a buckle or bueklesfor the. straps and a loop to house the end of the strap. These are made 'in various ways, and various modes of attach@ ment are employed. Sometimes the loop and buckle attachment are made in one piece, and sometimes the loop is made and sold separately from the buckle and v its attachment. The modes of fastening are various, rivets being employed in some cases, and in others clips formed from the sheet metal of the parts are `used, these being passed through the fabric and bent or clinched down. I do not claim, broadly, any of these features or constructions. My invention will be best understood from the following description, and by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein-1A Figure l is a vertical longitudinal mid-seetion, showing my improved strap -loop attached perspective and detached.

to a back-stay or curtain. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the buckle and its attaching-clip in Fig. 4 shows the preferred form of loop detached. Fig. 5 shows the `clinehing plate detached. Fig. 6 is a cross-section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 shows a modification of said plate. Fig." 8 shows a modification oi' theloop. Fig. 9 illustrates the application of my invention to a single-endedloop.

Let A represent a buckle-loop made, by preference, from sheet metal, with an open bottom-that is to say, the bottom face or side Y ofthe loop isonly partly closed by lateral langes a a, turned onthe opposite sides of the oop.

B represents a buckle, and C the attachingplate of the same. This plate is made by fold- -ing or bending a strip of sheet metal at its middle and inserting the hinge-barvof the buckle in the bight, a hole being formed for the tongue of the buckle to pass through. A rivet, b, (which may be an eycl-et or hollow rivet,) is employed to secure the two plates together back of the hinge-bar of the buckle. The extremities of the plates forming the attaching-plates'are narrowed to form clips c c, which are bent down at a right angle, as clearly shown. The plates ofthe attaching-plates C stand apart a little at their edges, (cl d in Fig. 3,) to form grooves or keepers, and in these grooves the flanges c a of the loop take when the parts are slipped together, as seen in' the cross-section Fig. 6, the clips c standing between the said iianges.

Inthe figures I have shown what is known as a double loop-that is, a loop open at each end and having a buckle at each end. In attaching a loop of this kind to a back-stay, D', for example, the attaching-plate of a buckle, with its buckle hinged thereto, as in Fig. 3,

is pushed into each end of the loop as far as V lengths, or by making a series ol' slits in the` same, as indicated in Fig. 7, loops of different lengths may be employed.

I may also employ loops with closed bot toms, as in Fig. 8, but in this case hole ff must be provided i'or the passage of the clips. Where a closed loop with but one buckle is employed the clips c may be relied on to secure the whole in place, ii' the loop has a closed bottom; but it' made with an open bottom, as in Fig. 4, I prefer to provide the loop itself with a clip, c', as shown in Fig. 9.

I might place the clinching-plate between the loop and the back-stay, or even dispense with it entirely, relying wholly on the strength of the fabric to sustain the clips; but I'prefer to arrange it, as shown in Fig. l, with the fabrie between the loop andthe clinehing-plate. Having thus described my invention, I wish it understood that I am aware oi' a buckle- IOC . 5 end of the loop.

from this in that its two branches are secured fastening having been proposed for boxloops comprising a folded plate, one branch of which is provided with a securing-clip, and the otheris simply tu eked or bent in under the My attaching-plate differs together and both are provided with clips.

I do not claim clips for attaching nor boX- loops, as these are in common use, and have Io been for years; but

What I do claim is- 1. 'Ihe combination, with a buckle-loop and buckle, of the folded attaching-plate C, the branches of which are secured together, as set 15 i'orth, and provided with clips c, substantially as show-n and described.

2. The combination, with an opcn-bottomed loop provided with angc a, of the buckle and folded attaching-plate C, the branches df- A witnesses.

FRED A.' NEIDER.

W'itnesses:

JOHN M. HARBEsoN, GEORGE GRossMANN. 

